Big Beers Belgians & Barleywines Announces Massive Brewery List

By now PorchDrinking’s infatuation with the Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines Festival should come as no surprise to our most avid of readers. Over the years we have extolled to great length some of the innumerable characteristics that distinguish Big Beers as one of the industry’s best kept secrets.

Stemming from organizers Laura and Bill Lodge’s passionate approach toward curating the best talent, while also going above and beyond in ensuring the best attendee experience, Big Beers has come to capture the essence of what it takes to throw the ultimate beer lover’s festival, ranging from a star-studded cast of brewers, to an elite level lineup of beers, intimate brewers dinners, premier educational seminars, and world class skiing all to the backdrop of some of the world’s most stunning mountain vistas.

In its 17th year, Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines has definitively entrenched itself as one of the premiere showcases of high ABV beers. This year’s star-studded cast of industry celebrities include the likes of Adam Avery, of Avery Brewing, Bryan Selders of Dogfish Head,Jeffrey Stuffings of Jester King Brewery, Cory King of Side Project Brewing, Chad Yakobson of Crooked Stave Artisan Ales, Troy Casey of Casey Brewing and Blending, Jeremy Tofte of Melvin Brewing, James Howat of Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales, Kevin Crompton of Epic Brewing, Tim Matthews of Oskar Blues Brewery, Augie Carton of Carton Brewing and John Holl of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine to name a few.

This morning the Big Beers team announced their tentative list of breweries attending this year’s festival, and it’s once again filled with heavy hitters, this year comprised with a larger array of young, prominent national breweries including Alesong, Cellarmaker, Crux, Fremont, Green Bench, Modern Times, Seventh Son, The Rare Barrel, Three Taverns and many more. Below is the current tentative list of attending breweries.

Tickets for the 2018 Big Beers Belgians and Barleywine Festival taking place January 4-6 in Breckenridge, CO are now on sale. This year’s event will also once again include a Brewers Reception and Calibration dinner on Thursday night, a Cicerone Workshop and Exam, Homebrew Competition, Small Plates and Beer Pairing, Beer & Food workshop with CraftBeer.com’s Julia Herz and Adam Dulye, Brewmasters Dinner and Cigar Pairing on Friday, Beer Yoga, followed by a Brewmasters, Technical, Experimental and Sensory seminars on Saturday, all culminating Saturday afternoon with the Commercial Tasting event.